Microtubules : In Vivo /

• Other Authors: Cassimeris, Lynne (Editor), Tran, Phong (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston, Mass. : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2010.
• Edition: First edition
• Series: Methods in cell biology ; v. 97.
• Subjects: Microtubules.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Cell Biology.; Laboratory Manuals.; Electronic books.

This€volume includes chapters by experts around the world on many aspects of microtubule imaging in living and fixed cells; assays to study microtubule function in a wide array of model organisms and cultured cells; high resolution approaches to study of the cytoskeleton. The authors share their yea...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Methods in Cell Biology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Determination of Microtubule Dynamic Instability in Living Cells; I. Introduction; II. Methods and Materials; III. Discussion and Summary; References; 2. Analysis of Microtubule Polymerization Dynamics in Live Cells; I. Introduction; II. Rationale; III. Imaging and Analysis of Homogeneously Labeled MTs; IV. MT Fluorescent Speckle Microscopy; V. Imaging and Analysis of Growing MT Ends; VI. Conclusion; References.